Enabling or Disabling a Data Monitor

When a data monitor is enabled (deployed) it is actively processing events and updating its display.

When you disable (un-deploy) a data monitor, it stops processing events and updating its display. You might choose to disable a data monitor because it is not needed or should not be considered under certain circumstances.

Data monitors can be enabled at time of creation (see Creating a Data Monitor) or edited later to enable deployment.

Note: Data monitor deployment is controlled through User Access Control Lists (ACLs). Administrators can allow or block users for data monitor deployment permissions.

Depending on the permissions associated with the user group to which you belong, you may or may not have an option to Enable (deploy) or Disable (un-deploy) the data monitor.

  • Administrators (all users belonging to the Administrators group) have permissions to deploy/un-deploy data monitors.

  • To deploy a data monitor, a user needs both general data monitor deployment permissions and write permissions to the specific data monitor he or she wants to deploy. Users with permissions to deploy data monitors can deploy only those data monitors for which they have write permissions.

  • Administrators can grant permissions to deploy or restrict data monitors to other non-Administrator users through the Access Control Lists (ACLs) editor. For more information, see Controlling Who Has Permissions to Deploy Data Monitors and Granting or Removing Resource Permissions.

To enable or disable a data monitor from the Editor:

Tip: You can set operations permissions on data monitor deployment by editing Access Control Lists (ACLs) on user groups. Administrators can allow or block user groups for data monitor deployment permissions. (This is different than controlling permissions on who has access to the data monitors resource.)

To set permissions for deploying data monitors, click the Operations tab, then click the Add button to get the Permissions Selector dialog for operations, select Deploy and click OK. For more information, see Controlling Who Has Permissions to Deploy Data Monitors.

  1. Access the data monitor for editing in one of two ways:

    • In Navigator > Resources > Dashboards > Data Monitors tab, right-click a data monitor and select Edit Data Monitor.

    • If a dashboard containing the data monitor is already displayed, hover the cursor over that data monitor in the dashboard's Viewer panel, right-click, and select Data Monitor > Edit.

  2. In the Data Monitor Editor, click the check box for Enable to toggle the data monitor on or off.

    • A checkmark indicates the data monitor is enabled (deployed).

    • If the box is unchecked, the data monitor is disabled (undeployed).

  3. Click Apply or OK on the editor to save your changes.

To enable or disable a data monitor in the Navigator:

You can also enable and disable data monitors in the Navigator by right-clicking data monitors or a data monitor group.

Where: Navigator > Resources > Dashboards > Data Monitors tab

  1. Right-click a data monitor or a data monitor group.

  2. Choose Enable Data Monitor to deploy or activate the monitors (if disabled) or Disable Data Monitor to un-deploy or deactivate (if enabled).

For information about granting permissions to user groups to enable or disable data monitors, see Controlling Who Has Permissions to Deploy Data Monitors.